After 17 years on the air, Montel Williams and his talk show have been cancelled. But fans can take heart as neither are leaving the airwaves for the foreseeable future.
The Montel Williams Show first hit the airwaves on September 30, 1991 in New York and a few other markets. It was picked up for syndication the following year. The show generally focuses on uncontroversial subjects, personal stories, and the readings of self-proclaimed psychic Sylvia Browne. The show was nominated for Daytime Emmys in both 2001 and 2002. A decorated member of naval intelligence, this was the first show for host Williams. He received a Daytime Emmy in 1996 and was nominated in 2002.
CBS Television Distribution has announced that the Montel show is ending its run after 17 years on the air. The syndicated talk show’s fate was reportedly sealed when a number of FOX-owed stations decided against renewing the show for another year. Show production will continue through the rest of this season so new episodes should air for some time.
Though production is shutting down, the show isn’t going away anytime soon. CBS is offering local stations a “Best of Montel” compilation series for the 2008-08 season. It will feature 52 weeks of “some of the most exciting episodes” pulled from the talk show’s long run.
John Nogawski, president and COO of CBS TV Distribution, said, “We have been honored to have ‘Montel’ as a part of our family for the past 17 years, and we’re very excited that ‘Montel’ will live on through these ‘best of’ episodes.”
Of the cancellation, Williams was quoted as saying, “I can’t say thank you enough to those who’ve welcomed me into their homes for the past 17 years. It has been both an honor and a joy.” Stay tuned! 
Good gracious I am SICK of hearing the “it’s a republican’s fault” and war this, Bush that. Get over it already! BOTH parties have done bad things I promise.
With that being said, I am really sad to see Montel is being cancelled. He really did great things with his show and the issues he covered. He has more integrity and heart than any other talk show host that I have seen. I will miss his show.
Holy sh*t, just like with Phil Donahue out of sight we are losing the truth coming through our tv sets. Why are we losing our good old airwave tv to digital ? Wake up people,the damn republicans who own most of the tv stations want all of us little people to not know what is going on in the our own country. I hate my digital cable that goes off when there is the littlest storm,good old tv still comes on with rabbit ears. I only wish there was some kind of rabbit ears that would get around all the… Read more »
I will miss you Montel, they need to cancel Flavor&Rock of love.Shows like that are so pointless, I like what Montel represents.I will miss Sylvia Brown also,she’s truly gifted. Keep up the good work Montel,anyone who says different(GREG) is upset because they can’t be you! Luv Ya
Dear Montel, I will be honest and to the point, I really never cared much for your show or the genre it was a part of. I feel that a lot of Television Talk shows and their host’s are a true pariah in America. However I am compeled to laud your actions which I feel are most honorable. Thank you for standing up for what is right and pointing out that our fighting men our far more important than self involved celeberties. Who only exsist because we the American public make it possible. I want to thank you for your… Read more »
I’m glad he’s been cancelled. How can anyone take him seriously when he has that con-artist scammer Sylvia Browne on his show every week? He should be ashamed of himself.
i am going to miss it alot. i been to a few shows and they have been very educational. i plan to go to a few more before it ends. good luck
i was never a fan of the montel show,but that being said it is apparent that the corporate
war mongering media is at it again.faux news is a joke,it is not news it is entertainment
followed closely by cnn which i feel is a joke network also.
The networks should dump the trashy shows.
Keep shows like Montel’s – good clean show
I hope we will be seeing Montel on another network – that is if they have any brains at all!
to bad Oprah can’t be next
Just goes to show ya, freedom of speech is all but gone in this country.
I have to agree with Montel- enough about Heath already!
People die everyday & life goes on………the media pushes the war & casualties under the rug & acts like it doesn’t exist!
Bravo for you Montel for defending your beliefs- sucks that Fox cancelled your show!
Unbelievable. I thought there was freedom of speech in this country. Not so at FOX. Montel Williams was brave to analyze the media (and self-analyze too, I might add—he was also talking about his own role in the media), and to talk about the soldiers who have died in Iraq. He never said anything that could remotely be perceived as anti-American, and was actually being supportive of the soldiers there, by wondering about their identities. This is a very frightening story, because it makes one wonder: Which media person’s head is on the chopping block next? Does the truth have… Read more »
I hope some network picks it up.
It is crystal clear the FOX stations that decided not to renew Montel where intensely politically motivated. The owners and managers of these stations are so intent on furthering the Bush administrations political agenda that anyone who is against it is a target.
Best to you Montel. Keep telling the truth because it always wins in the end…
Montel Williams, thanks on 17 years of bantering over conteroverial issues on your own show. It has been such a pleasure since your internationally syndicated talk show debuted in 1990. I have fallen in love with you and all the guests you have interviewed through the years; and my only hope there will be a spin-off series, Best of Montel, which will feature footage from Montel Williams Shows past and present. My thanks go out everyone at CBS Television Distribution, the various television stations across the United States and throughout the remainder of the world where The Montel Williams Show… Read more »